Preceded by John Hope Role Politician Service/branch Fleet Air Arm Name Norman Lord Battles and wars World War II | Preceded by David Anderson Succeeded by Michael Moore Preceded by Henry Stephen Wilson Died September 7, 2005 | |
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Political party Scottish Conservative Party Other political
affiliations Unionist Party (until 1965) Alma mater St Edmund Hall, Oxford
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow Party Scottish Conservative Party Education University of Edinburgh, Paisley Grammar School, University of Glasgow, St Edmund Hall, Oxford | ||
Norman Russell Wylie, Lord Wylie, PC (26 October 1923 – 7 September 2005) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.
Born in Elderslie, he was educated at Paisley Grammar School, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He served in the Fleet Air Arm from 1942 to 1946. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Pentlands between October 1964 and February 1974. Between 1970 and 1974 he held the title of Lord Advocate, having briefly been Solicitor General for Scotland from April to October 1964. He was a Senator of the College of Justice from 1974 to 1990, and later served as a Justice of Appeal in the Republic of Botswana from 1994 to 1996.
His son Neville Wylie is an Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham.